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Bm6L TIL there are more iphones sold globally then children born. At a rate of 4.6 per second
8aAbK TIL: You were more likely to get a job if you had smallpox scars in the 18th century. The scars proved that you already had smallpox and could not pass it on to your employers.
JYZ54 TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to attend his son John's graduation from West Point, but was unable to do so because he was "a bit too busy with work." On graduation day - June 6, 1944 - the elder Eisenhower was overseeing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
PYkwV TIL that the Godzilla Franchise has the Guinness World Record for the longest continuously running movie franchise; its first installment in 1954 focused on the fears of a nuclear holocaust, with Godzilla's Tokyo rampage being filmed to mirror the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
GYLQN TIL that Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.